Toy



April 1940. M. FLEISHMAN 2,195,621

' TOY Filed April 3, 1959 I E I Z2 INVENTOR.

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ATTORNEY.

. Patented Apr. 2, 1949 v UNITED STATES TOY' Myron FleishmanQNew York, Application April 3, 1939, Serialj No. 265,720

5 Claims.

This invention relates to toys, and aims to provide a novel and entertaining toy embodying the idea of having a projectile, in simulation of an air bomb, releasedand dropped from a bombing pla e to strike and scatter a plurality of balls or spheres. v

The scattering of the balls as above-mentioned may be utilized to enable the toy'to serve as a game of chance, by having the scattered balls The above and other objects will become ap-- parent in the description below, in which characters of reference refer to like-named parts in the accompanying drawing.

Referring briefly to the drawing, elevational View of the toy.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same, partly in section. t

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure 4, with the projectile omitted, showing a modified form of the toy. 1

Figure 4 is a fragmentarycross-sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.. Referring in detail to the drawing, and first to the form shown in Figures 1 and 2, the numeral j represents a rigid upright or staff which may I be solid or tubular and of any desired cross-sec- 2i surrounded by a peripheral wall 22. ,The disc 2! is provided with .a plurality of rounded recesses 23 in spaced-apart relationto each other.

an opening 30 in the top of the plane. The lower end of thetrigger 21 is bent outward to provide a rounded nose 3|, as shown. A spring 32, se-

cured at one end in the top of the plane and at the ,otherend to the trigger at a point betweenthe nose 3! and the pivot 28, normally urges the trigger handle 29 upward andthe nose 3| against the staff 20. w I

At the base of -the stafi 20, an annular recess 33 which surrounds the staff, is provided in the disc 23, for the reception of a number of balls 34. In use, the balls 34 are first positioned in the annular recess 33, in a circle aroundv the base of Figure 1 is an tional contour. At its base the stall 20 is securedv to and extends upward from a platform or disc At the top'of the staff 20 a miniature bombing plane 24 is rigidly, mounted and provided with a bottom opening 25. A sleeve-like projectile 26 is slidably mounted on the staff 20' and is formed. to simulate an air bomb. -A' trigger 21, pivotally bent finger 29 extending upward and back from the staff 20. The bomb 26 is lifted to its topmost positionon' the staff, and as it approaches the end of its travel upward itsupper peripheral edge becomes frictionallylocked between the nose 3! and the staff. When the triggerhandle 29 is depressed, the bomb is released and falls rapidly down the staff. At the bottomof the staff -it strikes, the'balls 34 and scatters them. Some of the balls will come to rest in different' recesses 23, while others will rest on the flat portion of the disc. -By having the recesses given various numbers, as shown in Figure 3, the numbers in which -balls come to rest may be added up and thusa tally kept of the scores of the variousplayers.

' Intheform shown in Figures 3 and 4, the staff 35 is tubular and the base 36 is made of a thicker material than the base 2|. The uppersurface of the base 36 is provided with recesses 37 similar to the recesses 23. Other parts of this form, which are identical to parts of the form shown in Figures 1 .and' 2, are similarly numbered. A string 38 extends upward through the staff 35'andis attached at .its upper end to the trigger handle I9. The lower portion of thestring 33 passes, out of the staff 35 through an opening 39 and therefrom out through'the base 36 through a'radial channel (not shown) in the base 36; At its free end'a ring dll'may be attached to the leasably locked in its uppermost position against the plane in the same manner as before described,- but it is released by simply pulling on the string ring 48, in an obvious manner. In Figure 4, two of the balls 34 are shown in broken lines in their inactive position arranged around the staff in the annular-recess 33, prior to release of the bomb. After, the bomb has struck the balls',-the

string. In this modification the bomb 26 is resame two balls are shown at rest, one in a recess 31 and the other on. the fiat surface of the base. Each ball that settles in a recess is scored for the player in accordance with the number byv which that recess is identified.

fobviously, modifications in form and'structure may be made without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention. I s

I I claim:

1. A toy comprising a base having a staff extending upright therefrom, a member rigid on said staff at a distance from said base, a trigger mounted on said membeiy'a second member slidably mounted on said staff between said base and said first member and engageable by said trigger to retain said :second member in its'uppermost' position, saidtrigger being releasable to permit said second member to slide down said staff to said bas'e, and a plurality of balls or the like adapted to be arranged in a circle on said base about the lower end of said staff prior to said release of said trigger, said second member upon reaching the lower extremity of its descent striking said balls and scattering the same about the surface of said base.

2. A toy comprising a base having a staff extending upright therefrom, a member rigid on said stafi at a distance from said base, a. trigger mounted on said member, a second member slidably mounted on said staff between said base and said first member and engageable by said trigger to retain said second member in its uppermost, position, said trigger being releasable to permit said second member to slide down said staff to said base, said stafi being hollow and having a string extending upward therethrough, the upper end of said string being attached to the handle of said trigger, said trigger being released by pulling upon said string.

3. A toy comprising a base having a stafi'extending upright therefrom, a member rigid on said staff at a distance from said base, a trigger mounted on said member, a second member slidably mounted on said staffv between said base and said first member and engageable by said trigger having a string extending upward therethrough, the upper end of said string being attached to the handle of said trigger, said trigger being released by pulling upon said string.

to retain said second member in its uppermost position, said trigger being releasable to permit said second member to slide down said staff to 'said base, and -a plurality of balls or the like adapted to be arranged in a circle on said base about the lower endof said staff prior to said release of said trigger, said second member upon reaching the lower extremity of its descent striking said balls and scattering the same about the surface of said base, said base having a plurality of recessesin its upper surface, some or all of said balls upon said scattering thereof being adapted to come torestin said recesses.

5. A toy comprising,albasevhaving a staff extending upright therefrom, a member slidably mounted on said staff and adapted to be suspended at the top of said staff, a plurality of balls or the like adapted to be arranged in a circle or the like on said base about the lower end of said stair, said ;I nemb-er. upon beingreleased sliding down said staff by gravity and, upon reaching the lower extremity of its descent striking said balls and scattering the same about the surface of said base." y Y MYRON FLEISHMAN. 

